Difference between revisions of "Taravangian"

'''Taravangian''' wasis the king of [[Kharbranth]].{{ref|b|twok|c|3}}

He wasis described as elderly, with a wispy white beard. He hadhas pale grey eyes and an open, kindly face.{{ref|b|wok|c|5}}

He wasis very popular among darkeyes because he hadhas set up a number of hospitals in the city, funded by the entrance fee to the [[Palanaeum]].{{ref|b|twok|c|7}} In these hospitals everybody wasis healed without having to pay for it. He even visits his hospitals once a week.{{ref|b|wok|c|48}}

In general he wasis considered slow-witted or even dull. ActuallyIn truth, Taravangian once went to go visit the [[Nightwatcher]] and received a curse and boon from the [[Old Magic]]. As a result of this his intelligence fluctuates from day to day, sometimes making him idiotic and sometimes a genius. He makes tests for himself the night before, and if he can't achieve a certain score in the morning his guards have orders to keep him away from important decisions for that day.{{ref|17s|2311|post|21215|Brandon said that Taravangian used the Old Magic, and that he wakes up each day with a different IQ.}}

Taravangian runs a secret hospital hidden in the King's palace. It was built in a large, long room with wide railings on the sides. The room wasis filled with hundreds of beds, and the people in those beds wereare slowly killed in the way of draining the blood out of them.{{ref|b|twok|c|71}} Taravangian diddoes this because some of the dying spokespeak some cryptic sentences in the seconds before their death some cryptic sentences.{{ref|b|twok|e|Death Delirium Quotes|text=Death Delirium Quotes}} In those quotes, Taravangian saw some information about the [[True Desolation]]. So in order to prepare for it, he began collecting the quotes. The people who collected these quotes were called the '''Silent Gatherers'''.{{ref|b|twok|endnote}}

Taravangian employedemploys [[Szeth]]{{ref|b|twok|i|6}} to kill many of the world leaders, including [[Hanavanar]], the king of [[Jah Keved]]. Szeth wasis also ordered to kill [[Dalinar Kholin]]. The murders wereare ordered in the purpose of bringing stability to the world. Taravangian says that stability will be needed when the True Desolation comes.{{ref|b|twok|c|71}}